Chapter 161 Pressure from the Ground (3k)
When Gao Zhendong was doing the preliminary work, the National Defense Work Committee also put a lot of effort into giving him a copy of all the existing relevant equipment materials.
Fortunately, the infantry fighting vehicle is a popular product, and related to it, such as existing artillery technology resources, does not involve anything too deep or sensitive.
Some comrades who know more about sea and air artillery agree with Gao Zhendong’s statement.
"Indeed, Director Gao has a good idea. The navy's northern 25mm gun is indeed more suitable."
"Well, and the Air Force's 37 guns are already being prepared to be discontinued along with the fighter jets."
Only the user has a different idea: "What, can we use the entire 100 guns?"
You want BMP-3, right? Gao Zhendong almost laughed out loud.
However, he still explained: "If you do it this way, it will become an assault gun. It is not suitable technically and financially for the time being."
The user has some regrets. : "That's right, we'll talk about it later, we'll talk about it later."
After careful consideration, some comrades raised a more specific question: "With a large turret on top, will this cause the projection of the entire vehicle to be too large and increase the area to be bombarded?"
Other comrades thought about it. Thinking, they all answered.
“It shouldn’t be a big problem, it won’t increase too much.”
“It can be solved through design means. Make the car body shorter.”
“Both of them When it comes to the turret, there is not much difference between the height and the height.”
Gao Zhendong still explained. In fact, he also believed that a higher turret or even a higher body would not be a big problem in future combat environments, but he couldn't say that now.
“It’s worth adding a little more, and we can design the protruding turret to accommodate the mechanical part as much as possible, and people can still control it inside the vehicle. Even if the optoelectronic system is not mature for the time being, we can also use a periscope Let’s solve it with the aiming system.”
This is a bit different from the real unmanned turret, but it can reduce the casualties to a certain extent when the turret is hit.
For this suggestion, the user was very happy: "Yes, yes, this will not only ensure the firepower, but also improve the survivability of the personnel."
In the end, everyone agreed on the infantry fighting vehicle preliminary indicators.
Mobility: The maximum speed is 60~70km/h, crawler-type traveling mechanism, the maximum continuous range is 500~600km, it can float directly without preparation, and the floating speed is 6km/h.
Firepower: The main weapon is a 25mm machine gun, and the secondary weapon is a 7.62mm machine gun. It carries infantry to provide supplementary firepower through body perforations.
Defense: The front can withstand the firing of its own 25mm machine gun armor-piercing projectiles, and the sides and rear are required to withstand the firing of 12.7mm machine gun armor-piercing projectiles.
The final meeting passed a resolution on the development of the first-generation infantry fighting vehicle, and the Defense Industry Committee subsequently organized factories to develop it.
After the meeting, the user representative looked satisfied, as if he had got a new toy.
Seeing Gao Zhendong, the user representative saluted first, and then said to Gao Zhendong: "Director Gao, I have something to ask you about."
Gao Zhendong smiled and said: "You're welcome, what? You tell me."
"The anti-tank missile you just mentioned."
Gao Zhendong laughed: "So you are eyeing this thing? I just know it. , but I’m not sure about the specific situation and domestic development.”
“Can you also promote it like infantry fighting vehicles?”
Regarding the development of anti-tank missiles, Gao Zhendong is relatively clear. He did not need to promote it, and it was launched two years later. On the contrary, the biggest problem was performance. The first-generation anti-tank missiles basically did not have real combat effectiveness.
It wasn’t until the Chijian-73 anti-tank missile, which began to be imitated in 1973 and finalized in 1979, that we had a serious and usable anti-tank missile.
Although the model number of Chijian-73 is 1973, in fact, it was actually finalized in 1979.
A lot of equipment during that period had this situation. The year in the model was much earlier than the actual model year.
Thinking of this, Gao Zhendong smiled and said: "Comrade, I am engaged in materials and automatics, and I push infantry fighting vehicles. It is a coincidence, and it happens at the right time, but the missile is a bit far away from my job."
Seeing that the user representative was a little disappointed, Gao Zhendong added: "But I estimate that this matter may be promoted soon. This matter mainly needs to be promoted by you. Your request is the most important. Of course, if When the opportunity arises, I can also mention it.”
The user’s representative repeatedly said yes, thinking about how to push this matter.
Gao Zhendong left the National Defense Working Committee and took a long breath, feeling very good. Tanks, infantry fighting vehicles, armored personnel carriers, as well as the improvement in artillery range and power brought about by electroslag remelting and self-tightening of barrels, can be regarded as providing a solution to the biggest problem in conventional military security in the next few decades. .
——The old man from the north.
In the next 30 years, the people who will face the greatest pressure in China will not be in the air or at sea, but on the ground, with millions of troops stationed in the north.
Although limited by the fragile supply lines on the Far East ice sheet, Lao Maozi deployed millions of troops on the border at that time. In fact, he was "fighting wolves with straw, and both sides are afraid."
Although both sides were I feel guilty, but after all, the one who is under the greatest pressure is my own side.
After all, the fragility of the supply line is not intuitive, but the threat of the steel torrent is visible to the naked eye.
The most troublesome part is that if the quantity is no match, the quality is not as good as others.
Therefore, in order to solve this problem, even if you know that the equipment performance is not enough, you have to bite the bullet and produce a huge quantity in order to offset the opponent's quality advantage.
Now, Gao Zhendong directly guides the improvement of the main performance of tanks, infantry fighting vehicles, and artillery to one or even two generations later. Correspondingly, the quality has been improved and even taken the lead. All parties in the country have felt that The pressure won't be so great.
With less pressure, we may be more rational in terms of numbers. In this way, we will have the opportunity to free up resources and do more other things.
For example, those who fly in the sky, those who run in the water, and those who swim underwater.
One of the most common jokes made by Gao Zhendong in his previous life is that the navy has new guys, the air force has new guys, and the army has new guys. What's there? There are new shoes!
why is that? Because the sea and the sky are making up lessons, and those on the ground are paying off debts.
As for the sea, in the next few decades, aside from those with mushroom bombs, the conventional naval forces will be weak and divided into several oceans. In fact, the pressure is not great.
Their navy's mission is not to destroy the enemy's navy, but to cover their own big black fish and shoot out the mushroom bombs.
That’s why there are those naval equipment that ordinary people think are weird, such as those aircraft-carrying cruisers with more missiles than aircraft, and the "Blacksmith" aircraft with extremely short legs. These aircraft are The assigned tactical task is not to destroy enemy aircraft, but to cover one's own anti-submarine forces.
Of course, it is not that no one wants to change this situation, but the actual conditions cannot help it, so it cannot be said that their development path is wrong.
Strategy and tactics are never empty talk or fantasy, but must be combined with actual environmental conditions.
In the air? At this time, Lao Maozi's air force is more than capable of defense. As for offense, haha, you can probably tell by looking at its performance a few decades later. Now the technology is ahead of our own. As for how much ground attack power it can really exert, it's hard to say.
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Taking advantage of the gap after the meeting, when he was about to get off work, Gao Zhendong ran to the 17th Machinery Department. Today he came here not for official business, but entirely for private matters.
He wanted to seek a favor from the leader of the 17th Machinery Department and solved the problem of Lou Xiao'e's academic qualifications.
For this kind of thing, in fact, within the range of people you can find, the higher up you are, the better.
First of all, the higher up people are, the less they care about these things, and they will even feel proud of themselves for solving the troubles and difficulties of capable people.
Secondly, the higher up a person is, the stronger his ability to solve problems. If someone is running down the ladder, it is necessary to combine the efforts of multiple parties. This may be what people say, commonly known as "dimensionality reduction strike."
Third, it is a very subtle feeling, especially for people like the leader of the 17th Machinery Department who value Gao Zhendong very much. The more personal matters come to him, the more he will feel like "I am an elder" , spare no effort in doing things, and you will also feel very close to you.
There is no such thing as a waste of favors. People don't think of such trivial matters as personal favors at all.
Of course, there are thousands of kinds of people, and some people may not be like this.
When we arrived at the 17th Machinery Department, we were about to get off work in a few minutes. Gao Zhendong was waiting for the leader to get off work at Secretary Zheng’s place.
Secretary Zheng was originally going to ask the leader for instructions and ask Gao Zhendong to go directly, but Gao Zhendong did not pull the wool over the tiger's skin and told himself that this was a private matter and he was embarrassed to occupy the leader's office time. He would just wait until the leader got off work.
It’s time for the leader to get off work, but he still has to continue working. They are all very busy these days.
Secretary Zheng walked into the leader's office and mentioned to the leader that Gao Zhendong was waiting for him.
The leader quickly asked Secretary Zheng to invite Gao Zhendong in. Gao Zhendong would not come to him easily. Even if it was a private matter, it should be an important matter.
Gao Zhendong walked into the leader's office, said hello to the leader, and then talked about his purpose.
"Leader, I'm really sorry. It's entirely my own private matter to come to see you today. However, after much thought about this matter, I think it's most appropriate to come and ask for your help."
After that, he told her that she wanted Lou Xiaoe to go to school.
After hearing Gao Zhendong’s thoughts, the leader laughed loudly: “This is a small matter, yes, yes, their family is full of heart, and people can still see their progressive actions.”
Gao Zhendong rubbed his head in embarrassment: "I can't help it. You have to be the safest in this matter, so I came to you shamelessly. I just thought that it's not a problem for her to be idle all the time. , it is better to let her learn something. If she succeeds in her studies, she can better serve social construction."
The leader nodded: "You have a good idea. You can do this on your own. A young lady has transformed herself into a progressive worker. What does she want to learn?"
(End of this chapter)